Community Notes

Garner Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources will show the movie “Madagascar 3” at 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, during the Family Flicks/Camping Night, at Lake Benson Park, 921 Buffaloe Road. For information, or to register for camping, visit garnernc.gov/ParksWebpages.

Triathlon

The Chick-fil-A 3 Little Pigs Triathlon is 7:30 a.m. Saturday, June 15, at the Smithfield Recreation and Aquatics Center, 600 Booker Dairy Road. The competition includes a 250-yard pool swim, 14-mile bike, and 3.1-mile run. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Park and the Rotary Club of Central Johnston County. Register online at fsseries.com/index. For more information, call 919-376-9441.

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Registration for Pop Warner football and cheerleading season for children 5-15 years old is 6-8 p.m. Monday, June 17 and Tuesday, June 18 at the Garner Civitan Building, 1005 Poole Road, Garner. Registration costs $175 for Garner residents and $200 for others. For more information call, Michele Ball at 919-418-3062.

Tutor training

The Literacy Council of Wake County needs volunteers to tutor adults readers. The council offers tutor training workshops for volunteers 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. July 15, 17, 22, and 24, at 916 West Morgan St. Raleigh. Volunteers must attend all four sessions. For more information, or to sign up for the workshops go to wakeliteracy.org.

Family Fun Day

The Archer Lodge Community Center is hosting its annual Family Fun Day and Independence Day celebration 7 p.m. Friday, June 28 and 6:30a.m.-9:15 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the corner of Archer Lodge and Buffalo Road in Archer Lodge.

Featured highlights on Friday include the crowning of Little Miss Archer Lodge 2013 and the barbecue pig cookoff. Activities start early on Saturday, with a road race and a patriotic parade, concessions all day and inflatables, corn hole tournament, bingo and cakewalk.

The center will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a patriotic ceremony that honors local veterans and features the Army Ground Forces Band. For more information, visit archerlodge.org.

Town of Garner seeks volunteers

The Garner Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department needs volunteers for its Independence Day celebration Wednesday, July 3, at Lake Benson Park, 921 Buffaloe Road, Garner. Volunteers are needed to help in setup, cleanup, arts and crafts, and games. Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older. They will receive a free T-shirt and meal. The registration deadline is Monday, June 24. To register, call Nicole Sweat at 919-773-4441 or email nsweat@garnernc.govnsweat@garnernc.gov.

Library programs

Southeast Regional Library has an extensive list of activities for the whole family in June. For more information, visit www.wakegov.com/libraries/events or call 919-662-2250.

Band concert

The 440th Army Band will be in concert 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, in the Paul A. Johnston Auditorium, 245 College Road, Smithfield. The free concert is in honor of Independence Day. Donations will be accepted to benefit the performing arts programs at JCC.

Boathouse opens

The Lake Benson boathouse has opened for the season at 975 Buffaloe Road, Garner. Hours are noon-7 p.m. Fridays, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and noon- 7 p.m. Sundays. It will be closed on Fridays in July and August. Boat rentals start at $4 an hour. No private boats are allowed. Free fishing is available from the dock. Call Stephanie Shaffer at 919-661-6892 or visit www.garnernc.gov.

Classic Car Club meets

Memory Lane Classic Car Club meets for dinner at 6 p.m. followed by the meeting at 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the Golden Corral 60 Son Lan Parkway, Garner. For more information, call 919-553-6229.

Workshops

Johnston Community College’s Corporate Solutions is offering several training workshops this summer for business and industry professionals. For registration information, call Shelley Gardner at 919-209-2591 or email swgardner@johnstoncc.eduswgardner@johnstoncc.edu.

Overeaters Anonymous

An Overeaters Anonymous support group meets at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Lakeside Drive and N.C. 50 in Garner. Park in the rear of the church and look for the OA signs. Call Sherylyn at 919-779-6392 or Regina at 919-614-3425.

Summer camps

Design a video game or create a website. Learn what it’s like to run a business.

The annual music for the lunch bunch series is 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, with a violin and cello performance by Sherry Lattin and Lisa Ferebee at First Presbyterian Church, 215 S. Third St., Smithfield.

The series of summer concerts is 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays throughout the summer. Local artists will perform a variety of music, with particular emphasis on classical music. For information call, 919-938-0306, or visit jcartscouncil.org.